Extradition Record
Requesting: United StatesRequested: Mexico

Joaquin Guzman Loera: extradition case and outcome

Mexico handed Joaquin Guzman Loera to US authorities on 19 January 2017, after he had twice escaped from maximum security prisons in Mexico. The Mexican government approved a US request to proceed with prosecution on the Brooklyn charges. A federal jury convicted him on all 10 counts in February 2019 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 30 years.

Extradited Extradited from Mexico to the United States on 19 January 2017.3,2

Charges as alleged. US prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York charged him in a 17 count superseding indictment filed on 11 May 2016, including leading a continuing criminal enterprise. Related charges filed in the Western District of Texas and the Southern District of California supported the extradition.2

Charges are allegations unless a court has convicted. Each record states what each court or minister decided and the person's public response.

Decisions

  1. Mexico's Foreign Relations DepartmentAnnounced that he had been handed over to US authorities. The DEA took custody in Ciudad Juarez.3
  2. US District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkScheduled arraignment on the 17 count superseding indictment before Magistrate Judge James Orenstein, with the case assigned to Judge Brian M. Cogan.2
  3. Federal jury, Eastern District of New YorkConvicted him on all 10 counts of the superseding indictment after a three month trial.1
  4. US District Judge Brian M. CoganSentenced him to life imprisonment plus 30 years and ordered forfeiture of 12.6 billion dollars.1

What happened next

Convicted on 12 February 2019 on all 10 counts, including leading a continuing criminal enterprise, narcotics trafficking, using a firearm in furtherance of drug crimes and money laundering conspiracy. Sentenced on 17 July 2019 to a life term plus 30 years to run consecutive to the life sentence, and ordered to pay 12.6 billion dollars in forfeiture.1

Response

No public statement by him or his lawyers was found in the sources read.

Legal points

Sources

  1. US Department of Justice, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, Sinaloa Cartel Leader, Sentenced to Life in Prison Plus 30 Years (17 July 2019)
  2. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Loera to appear in Brooklyn federal court on drug-related charges, including allegations of leading a continuing criminal enterprise (19 January 2017)
  3. CBS News, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman arrives in U.S. after extradition (20 January 2017)